Avetik Ishkhanian
Avetik Ishkhanian | |
|---|---|
Ավետիք Իշխանյան | |
| Born | Avetik Rafayel Ishkhanian 25 February 1955 |
| Died | 16 February 2025 (aged 69) |
| Education | Yerevan State University |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist Activist |
Avetik Rafayel Ishkhanian (Armenian: Ավետիք Ռաֆայելի Իշխանյան; 25 February 1955 – 16 February 2025) was an Armenian human rights activist.[1]
Biography
Born in Yerevan on 25 February 1955, Ishkhanian was the son of Rafayel Ishkhanian and his maternal grandfather was Vahan Cheraz. In 1977, he graduated from Yerevan State University with a degree in geophysics. After years of geological research in mines, he studied and defended a thesis at the All-Union Scientific Research Geological Institute in 1987.
Ishkhanian campaigned for the defense of the Armenian language, creating an organization called Machtots.[2] In 1996, he was a co-founder of the Armenian Helsinki Committee, which visited prisons, trained NGOs, and sent observers to courts and polling stations.[3][4] He often appeared in the Armenian media to discuss human rights[5][6] and foreign policy.[7]
Avetik Ishkanian died on 16 February 2025, at the age of 69.[8]
References
- ^ "Մահացել է իրավապաշտպան Ավետիք Իշխանյանը". A1plus (in Armenian). 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "ՀՀՇ տեղական խորհուրդների նախագահները 1989 թվականին". ANI Armenian Research Center (in Armenian). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Staff Members". Armenian Helsinki Committee.
- ^ "History of Organization". Armenian Helsinki Committee.
- ^ Yegavian, Tigrane (21 February 2019). "Avétik Ishkhanyan : " Je suis inquiet pour mon pays "". Le Courrier d'Erevan (in French). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ Ghukasyan, Seda (26 June 2020). "Ավետիք Իշխանյան. «Բիրտ ուժը հաղթեց իրավական մտքին". Hetq (in Armenian). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Մենք չունենք դաշնակիցներ և փնտրում ենք հովանավորներ․ Ավետիք Իշխանյան". CivilNet (in Armenian). 30 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ Mkrtchyan, Marianna (17 February 2025). "Armenia`s ex-presidents offer condolences on death of human rights activist Avetik Ishkhanyan". ArmInfo. Retrieved 20 February 2025.